PLATE LXX. 
7. GANSEL’S SECKLE. 
This variety was obtained by Mr. Williams, of Pitmaston, Worcester, by hybridizing the 
Seckle with Gansel’s Bergamot (c. 1820). 
Description .—Fruit : small, not unlike the Seckle , with some of the character of 
Gansel’s Bergamot on a small scale. Skin : with a bright crimson cheek next the sun, 
which shades off to yellow on the opposite side ; the shaded side is covered with a thin 
smooth crust of cinnamon-coloured russet, and the crimson cheek is strewed with distinct dots of 
grey russet. Eye : small, and closed, with erect, acute segments, set in a narrow and considerable 
basin. Stalk : generally short and stout, but sometimes three quarters of an inch long, inserted in 
a narrow and rather deep cavity. Flesh : yellowish, rather coarse grained, and gritty on some soils, 
with a sweet abundant, and very richly sugared juice. It has a high perfume but not so much so as 
the Seckle. 
An excellent pear, in season the end of September and November. 
The tree makes a good pyramid on the quince. It bears so freely, that the tree is apt to be 
small. 
